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Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (28 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 217. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 20 March 2018, the type of information being sought on Kuvan; the reason for seeking that information; the timeline for the completion of discussions on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14404/18]

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I would like to echo the comments made by colleagues on the disgraceful homelessness figures from yesterday. I want to raise a matter which also affects homeless families. Last week, the upper floors of the 16-storey Metro Hotel were destroyed by fire. While residents were made homeless, thankfully there was no loss of life and no one suffered any injuries. As always, the Dublin Fire...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the assurances the Minister has given about the residents being rehoused. He mentioned inspection but the reality is that it was the Governments of which he was a member for the past seven and a half years that slashed the numbers of local authority fire safety inspectors. As Deputies Coveney and Murphy know, it has been estimated that we need to at least quadruple the number of...

Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill 2018. This legislation, which was initiated in the Seanad, gives effect to Council decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 relating to co-operation between European Union states, Iceland and Norway for sharing vehicle registration data to assist in...

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to raise with the Taoiseach the issue of the housing lists and homelessness in Dublin Bay north. My constituency has the longest housing list in the country and some of the worst homelessness statistics, bigger I believe than the whole of Fingal and south Dublin. I highlight the fact that from 2015 to 2017 neither Fingal nor Dublin city delivered...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no new Gaelscoileanna are due to be opened in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14271/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (29 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school projects that were almost completed by sub-contractors and partners of a company (details supplied); when he expects the completion of all these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14265/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for An Garda Síochána to validate the type of licence held by a driver involved in a fatal or serious collision in view of the fact that PULSE does not differentiate between full driver licences and learner permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15281/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of measures being taken to curb the recent upsurge of joyriding and associated serious anti-social behaviour in some areas of north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15282/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised recent events in the Gaza Strip with the Government and Ambassador of Israel; his plans to pursue an international investigation into the deaths and violence which have occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15748/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove VAT and VRT from advanced driver assistance systems on new or older vehicles to incentivise the public to drive much safer vehicles and promote the Vision Zero policy of road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15744/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 249. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to remove VAT and VRT from advanced driver assistance systems on new or older vehicles to incentivise the public to drive much safer vehicles and promote the Vision Zero policy of road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15743/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has raised with the insurance industry the practice of refusing car insurance cover to drivers; the number of drivers refused insurance in 2017 and to date in 2018; the reason for these refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 256. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the regulation of personal contract plans for car purchase finance; the level of this financial debt; the role of the Central Bank in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15946/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of public and State grant aid to an organisation (details supplied) since 2015; the level of projected State support to the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15742/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education Facilities (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to audit school physical education and sports facilities in order that capital provision may be made for upgrading and construction of new school sports halls and facilities in budget 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15751/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Money Laundering (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the fourth EU anti-money laundering directive will be transposed into legislation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16036/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers convicted of an offence under section 38(5) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, as amended by the Road Traffic Act 2006, who received a penalty under the subsection, that is, driving while disqualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16041/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers who failed to surrender their licence and were summoned to court for the offence; the number of drivers who were convicted of the offence; the amount of the fines imposed by the court; the number of drivers who were summoned to court in 2017 for the offence of driving while disqualified: the number who...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner drivers who failed to surrender their licence and were summonsed to court; the number convicted; the penalties imposed; the number of learner drivers detected driving while disqualified; the number summonsed to court; the number of drivers convicted; the penalties imposed; and if he will make a statement...